Background

Dr. Nathan Myhrvold is a Co-Founder of Intellectual Ventures LLC and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Intellectual Ventures, Dr. Myhrvold had been with Microsoft Corporation for 14 years, where he was a top technical and business strategist for Dreamworks Animation Skg, Inc., and was involved with founding the companys scalable operating systems efforts which lead to the Windows NT and Windows CE product lines. During his tenure, Dr. Myhrvold held ... several executive positions, eventually retiring as Chief Technology Officer in May 2000. Dr. Myhrvold served as Group Vice President of Applications and Content, which comprised a number of company divisions, including desktop applications, consumer software and Microsofts online systems. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Vice President of Microsoft's Advanced Technology Division and responsible for advanced product development in areas such as interactive television, advanced graphics and identifying new forms of consumer computing. He joined Microsoft in 1986. Dr. Myhrvold was the Founder of Dynamical Systems and served as its President. Prior to that he was a postdoctoral fellow in the department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics at Cambridge University and worked with Professor Stephen Hawking on research in cosmology, quantum field theory in curved space time and quantum theories of gravitation. Dr. Myhrvold serves as the Chairman of ThinkFire Services USA, Ltd. Dr. Myhrvold serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Intelligent Medical Devices and Forstmann Little & Co. He served as a Director of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. from October 2004 to May 29, 2013. He holds a Masters Degree in Geophysics and Space Physics and a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Myhrvold also holds a Doctorate in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics and a Masters Degree in Mathematical Economics from Princeton University.

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